...Female Pirates Kristina A. Paxton (Shaarda) Excelsior College Women have been held to have particular power over the sea. There is an ancient superstition that women are not good for ships. The contradiction between woman as sea power and woman as a sea jinx is hard to understand. Women pirates however rarely brought bad luck to a ship, they were actually very good luck, and their loss to a ship often brought an end to that ships sailing days. The women that sailed the seas came from all walks of life; there were royals such as Queen Teuta of Illyria who sailed in the 200’s B.C., as well as the Irish seafaring clanswoman, Grace O’Malley, who was practically royalty in that culture in the 1500’s. There were also illegitimate daughters of maids and merchants such as Anne Bonny and Mary Read who sailed the Caribbean in the 1600’s, and finally a Chinese prostitute who controlled one of the most powerful pirate fleets the world has ever seen in the 1800’s. Female pirates were once again seen on the seas recently when a woman pirate named Sister Ping (Ching Chui Ping) smuggled Chinese immigrants to the United States and England was caught and imprisoned in 1990. The Pirate code forbade women from being on board a pirate ship, so women typically dressed and carried themselves as a man in order to become a pirate. These women pirates were truly exceptional in their determination and strength of character to seek their fortune in what was not only a dangerous way of life, but...
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...Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy adventure comedy films by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's theme park ride of the same name. Directors of the series include Gore Verbinski (1–3), Rob Marshall (4), and Joachim Ronning & Espen Sandberg (5). The series was scripted by Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott (1–4), and Jeff Nathanson (5), with the stories following the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) . The films take place in a fictional historical setting; a world ruled largely by an amalgam of alternative, evil versions of the British Empire and the East India Company, with the pirates representing freedom from the ruling powers. The films started with their first release on the big screen in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. After the first film's success, Walt Disney Pictures revealed that a trilogy was in the works. The franchise's second film, subtitled Dead Man's Chest , was released three years later in 2006; the sequel proved successful, breaking financial records worldwide the day of its premiere. The third film in the series, subtitled At World's End, was released in 2007. Disney released a fourth film, subtitled On Stranger Tides, on May 20, 2011 in conventional 2D, Digital 3-D and IMAX 3D. It succeeded in grossing more than $1 billion, becoming the eighth film in history to achieve this. So far, the film franchise has grossed $3.72 billion worldwide; it is the sixth highest-grossing film series of all-time;...
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...Hi, Disney's latest, P.o.c- on stranger tides, is not an action entertainer as that of P.o.c - at the world's end. But it certainly has all the ingredients to keep you glued to your seats. It's an out and out johnny depp movie, where he carries it all through with ease and his usual, yet different gestures. The plot of the movie revolves around Spaniards, British and the pirates, who are all set in search for fountain of youth. Even though it sounds same [group of people fighting for a common thing] as the previous ones, the manner in which it is dealt is gripping. As the action sequences are less in this venture, more effort have been put on comedy sequences. This is where Depp has scored immensely. Mentioning about his action sequences, the one which stood out was Depp's escape from king's palace, which was as good as any of the captain's earlier escapes. Apart from johnny, other noticeable performances were from Penelope Cruz, Ian Mcshane & Geoffrey Rush. Especially Ian Mcshane, in the role of Black Beard scores all through, starting from his introduction as the captain, till he is fooled to death by depp in the closing moments of the film. This legendary actor proves again why he is a valuable asset to any film. For Penelope Cruz, as Angelica, you can never take this as her best, but still she has essayed her part to perfection as the daughter of Blackbeard. A new addition to this venture are the appearance of mermaids with killer...
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...1. How does The Pirate Bay business make money? What is its business model? The Pirate Bay business profits nearly $4 million a year from advertising. So advertising is their form of making money. The Pirate Bay’s business model is the “advertising revenue”. This site provides a opportunity of advertisements and receives payments from the advertisers. If more viewers use the website, the more the site can charge and increase their profits. 2. How do new “cloud-based” media sites and services make money? What is their business model? Subscription revenue is the business model that cloud-based media sites use to make money. With subscription revenue it allows access to almost all of the content or services to their viewers for a small fee. The fees for subscription vary on what kind of service the consumer wants and for how long. 3. Is the record industry justified in attempting to shut down P2P file-sharing sites that make it possible to download copyrighted media? Why or why not? Record industries are justified in wanting to stop P2P file-sharing websites. There is millions of money spent by record companies to produce albums and the work put into creating music and movies for the public. So it would be justifiable if record industries wanted to put a stop to people stealing their work and taking money out their pocket that they deserved. I would subscribe to a site for a small fee like the cloud based sites if it had the content that would fit my needs. ...
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...REACTION PAPER (PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY) Mary grace D. Acero CS-3a The movie “PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY” is all about how Apple and Microsoft got started. This creation was made because of the two intelligent people: Steve Jobs for Apple and Bill Gates for Microsoft. It shows how the first Apple computer was made which is the Macintosh. The movie is also about how the two intelligent persons compete to each other in order to be a successful or famous. It also shows how a good leader handles his employees or team. Just like with Steve Jobs. He is so abusive to his workers. It just like he is only the good person. He always wants to follow his decisions and not giving chance to listen to the opinions or decisions of his teammates. That’s why he had also a problem when it comes to his family. It is quite opposite to Bill Gates. Because Bill is just a simple man and he used his intelligence in good way. That’s why he succeeds much compared to Steve Jobs and became a wealthiest man in the world. I learned from that negative attitude of Steve Jobs. It teaches me not to be high regard to yourself in whatever achievements you will have. It’s because we cannot conclude what the future will holds, sometimes those who are not considered now might be the one who will succeed more. In everything we do, we should be humble. We should also consider the opinions of others. Their points of view will sometimes help us succeed not only for our own interest but to the whole organization...
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...misconceptions and where those notions arose from. This essay will focus on the overview of what a pirate is, who a pirate is, where pirates are located, when pirates occur, and why pirates become pirates, based on the information that Cordingly gives us. To discuss the subject of pirates, one must first answer the question, “what is a pirate?” In this text, many different types of people who would not have been identified by themselves or by their contemporaries as pirates, fall under the overarching term “pirate” through the usage of the term in the title. Cordingly says, “A pirate was, and is, someone who...
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...1.0 INTRODUCTION Oilene Refineries’ management was unhappy with the quality of crude palm oil (CPO) delivered by Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB), their transporter. The contract will expire within the month. Oilene Refineries will have to analyse the scenario and make a decision whether to renew the contract with PHSB or find other solutions. 1.1 GENERAL INFORMATION –Crude Palm Oil (CPO) transportation * Approximately 1,500 tankers transporting CPO from the mills (where palm kernels are harvested) to the refineries (where palm kernels are processed for CPO extraction) in the peninsular and East Malaysia. * Palm oil estates operated by MNC have their own mills while smallholders send their palm kernels to co-operative mills for processing. * Once the CPO is extracted, it is then sold to refineries where it is refined for local consumption or export. These refineries are concentrated in areas where palm oil cultivation is a major activity. * The refineries commonly OUTSOURCE the transportation of CPO to transport companies. The transport companies are responsible to deliver consignments of CPO from the mills to the refineries. * The tankers have to be modified to carry CPO. * Approximately 17.73 million metric tonnes are moved yearly from the mills to the refineries by the tankers operated by transport companies. * Gross profit margins: 35%-45% * Administrative overheads are low. Net profit can be made if operated efficiently. * Achilles’Heel...
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...exactly is so wrong with pirating? Piracy of entertainment is illegal and viewed as typically wrong by majority of people. Personally I have saved quite possibly thousands of dollars in pirating in my life. From the days of LimeWire where you could pirate a single song that you would have to download and wait throughout the night for it to be usable. To today where we are able to download whole discographies of artists within half an hour or less. However, today I would like to present you the facts that piracy isn’t as wrong as it appears and how each and everyone in this room can benefit from it by providing information on how it cannot be stopped, the monetary impacts of piracy, and other benefits of piracy. Transistion: Piracy is defined as the illegal trade or copy of digital entertainment according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. A study by Portsmouth University in 2014 concluded that the motives for piracy are that it saves money, often helps artists bypass record companies and allows access to content before it’s release date. Body I: Now that we know why people pirate we can look at how Piracy cannot be stopped. A. Goverments have attempted and momentarily succeded to take down pirating websites such as The Pirate Bay, but they revived and came back under multiple new domains within a short period of time B. In 2011 a bill called ‘SOPA’ or STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT was introduced by US Representative Lamar Smith. This bill would have expanded the ability of...
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...University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics International Finance FIN 423 Problem Set 1, Spring 2013 Due date: Jan 17, 2013 Name: _________________________ Please write all answers on this page, and turn in this page only. 1. _______ 2. _______ 3. _______ 4. _______ 5. _______ 6. _______ 7. _______ 8. _______ 9. _______ 10. _______ 11. _______ 12. _______ 13. _______ 14. _______ 15. _______ 16. _______ 17. _______ 18. _______ 19. _______ 20. _______ 1. The commonly accepted goal of the MNC is to: A) maximize shortterm earnings. B) maximize shareholder wealth. C) minimize risk. D) A and C. E) maximize international sales. 2. For the MNC, agency costs are typically: A) nonexistent. B) larger than agency costs of a small purely domestic firm. C) smaller than agency costs of a small purely domestic firm. D) the same as agency costs of a small purely domestic firm. ...
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...David Taylor Ellis INTS 2130 Analysis paper Mar 29, 2015 Modern Pirates In some fictional works pirates are portrayed in a heroic way. For example, Luffy, captain of the main band of pirates in the popular anime cartoon One Piece, is depicted as a fun loving adventurer that chases his dreams. He is a character to be emulated. Unfortunately, the modern day Somali pirates of East Africa have that similar effect on some of the Somali people. According to the African Economic Development Institute (AEDI), the bigger and more sophisticated European and Asian fishing ships took advantage of the governmental collapse and the ensuing civil war in Somalia in 1991. With permission of the corrupt military leaders and landlords, they greedily over-fished leaving the poor Somalian fishermen with very little. By 1997, several European countries had polluted Somali waters with their waste worsening the problem for the locals. This forced the Somali fishermen to become the Somali pirates (AEDI 5). Pirates are very wealthy men in their country. In a place where everyone suffers in poverty, a little wealth can seem like the cowl of a cape crusader. Despite their reasoning, the actions of the Somali Pirates are negatively affecting Somalia, neighboring countries and the countries who are taking anti-piracy measures to stop them. In 2010 it is estimated that pirates indirectly cost their neighbors about 125 billion dollars (“Maritime piracy costs”). Egypt is losing revenue that comes from...
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...Problem statement Quality and quantity of CPO delivered The root problem encountered in this case is the quality and quantity of the CPO delivered. Palm Haul Sdn Bhd’s (PHSB) major client Oilene Refineries Sdn Bhd is unhappy with their service mainly because the CPO delivered is either contaminated or short delivered. The CPO delivered to Oilene is contaminated with either sludge or water. This is due to unethical behavior of tanker drivers who involve in oil piracy by siphoning the CPO and selling them to syndicates. The CPO that is being siphoned is replaced with either water or sludge so the end user will not realize the theft. Further, this situation prevailed as the oil piracy during the time period of 2009 was robust with a record of approximately RM 325 million of CPO production lost annually. This hence triggered the tanker drivers to actively involved in this illegal activity. Apart from that, delivery of contaminated CPO has a negative impact on Oilene operation as they have to shut down the plant to clean the sludge almost every week and thus affects their delivery time and the quality of oil produce. Besides, the consignment from PHSB is causing more problem than other transporter which gives a competitive advantage over their rivals and might risk losing their contract to Oilene. Apart from that, the CPO delivered to Oilene does not match with the numbers in the delivery order; which means they are being short delivered. This has incurred a high cost in the...
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...Survey on Students Punctuality at Class Please note the following instructions: 1. Indicate your choice by putting a cross (X) in the appropriate space. In a few instances you will be required to write a few words. Circle your appropriate answer. SECTION A Gender : Male Female What is your course of study? | SECTION B 1. How often do you attend your lectures late? A. On a daily basis B. A few times a week C. A couple of times every few weeks D. Very rarely and there’s usually a very good reason for it E. Never, I’ve never been late to class 2. Why do you think that some students are late for lectures? A. Because the roads are busy B. Because they’ve got plenty of other things to do so they arrive late to lectures C. Because they don’t manage their time properly D. Because they don’t value time E. Because they don’t care about the lecture 3. Do you think students take advantage of the university atmosphere that gives them more freedom to come and go when they please (i.e. more independence than in school, more likely to have a car) A. Yes, as soon as students get into university, they start becoming less punctual than they were at school B. Sometimes, but it’s not often. C. No, students are just as punctual in university just as they were in school 4. If you believe students do take advantage, why do you think that is? A. They cannot handle the responsibility of being given the freedom to choose what time to go to university ...
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...5. Assume the role of Aliah. Propose a solution to the problem. Aliah’s role is Administrative Manager. She is responsible for logistics management of PHSB which are perform vehicle and driver allocation and scheduling and to make sure that the vehicles are serviced regularly. Aliah who currently hold responsible of Administrative Manager had performed multiple task beyond the scope of Administrative Manager. Based on the case, we can identified that PHSB had no clear job description and lack of segregations of duties. The CEO’s of PHSB must develop new organization structure with clear and definite job description. In order to overcome Aliah’s issue, the company may hire assistant to help Aliah. Aliah is facing problems with managing time to perform vehicle and driver allocation and scheduling since the system is done manually. The solution of the problem is that PHSB must implement Electronic Scheduling in order to systematically schedule the vehicle and driver allocation and scheduling. This system implementation would bring tremendous benefit to the company and Aliah herself, since Aliah will have more time to supervise and handle the upkeep of vehicle. Based on the current practice that the vehicle are not serviced regularly, and only wait for the drivers to complain before send the tankers for service and repair. This practice would lead much cost rather the cost of regular maintenance. Moreover, Aliah is not aware about the high maintenance cost, yet recently noticed...
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...ICS PRESENTATION CASE 2 Issue 3 : Auditor’s issue. The independence of auditor’s in Flat Cargo Berhad(FCB) is much questionable. This is mainly due to the fact that the appointed company auditor has been previously hit by another case of fraud in the other entity concern. This could be a very worring circumstances that the company has to face as there is high posibility of the auditor to commit fraud the second time in FCB. The lack of independence in the auditor could lead to inappropriate analysis of the financial statments in which the financial statements are not in a true and fair manner. The auditor is also neglecting the responsibility to rely on the previous auditor’s report in order to give a reasonable assurance. This will subsequently lead to a wrong decision making process by the management and finally producing a fraudelent material mistatement reports that mislead the users of this report such as stakeholders,investors and regulatory bodies( government and MASB). 2. By end of 2006, it was reported that FCB had been involved in accounting fraud that inflated its earnings for 2004 to 2006. In your opinion, should the auditors be held responsible for not detecting the misstatement earlier? (refer to ratio analysis) In my opinion, I strongly believe that the auditor’s should be held responsible for not detecting the material mistatement earlier. Owing the fact, that the responsibility of the appointed auditor’s is clearly stipulated in the auditing standards...
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...SUMMARY OF THE CASE Established in 2002 in Taiping, Perak, Palm Haul Sdn Bhd (PHSB) was a small and medium sized enterprise in the Crude Palm Oil (CPO) transportation business. PHSB was managed by En. Rossly, the Chief Executive Officer which is also the son-in-law of PHSB’s founder, Datuk S. Najeed. Like the other transport companies involved in the business, PHSB also faced problems with its drivers embroiling in oil piracy. Transport companies are naturally will held the responsibility for such thefts as they usually take place under their watch and these companies are bound to compensate the refineries for such losses. The culprits involved frequently tanker drivers, depot operators and transporters. One of the major customer of PHSB, Oilene Refineries (Oilene) complaint about the quality of the CPO delivered by PHSB and its later impact on Oilene’s failure to fulfil their customer orders. This is because of the practice of siphoning CPO and adulterating the consignment with water, used oil or sludge was so uncontrolled that a number of PHSB’s customers have threatened to change their custom to other more reliable transport companies. Besides that, profits for the first quarter of 2009 had drastically decrease compared to the same period on the previous year due to the high compensation expenses and maintenance cost. These matters worried Datuk Najeed whom then insisted En. Rossly inspect the matters and report to him within one week with possible solutions. En. Rossly...
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